SEAN T. McWILLIAMS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

MORGANTOWN, WV 26506

 

ASTR 704: General Relativity


Syllabus


  1. -Download ASTR 704.pdf


Lecture Notes


  1. -Download Lecture_slides.pdf


Mathematica scripts


  1. -Script to calculate the effective potential for Newtonian, Schwarzschild, and equatorial Kerr orbits: Veff.nb

  2. -Script to calculate the radial geodesic velocity for Schwarzschild and equatorial Kerr geodesics: rad-geodesic.nb